Tempered-Steel Blade

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 14 other two-hand sword items between item level 125 and 175; 1 of them carries fixed stats.

• Its 53.7 damage per second ranks 7th of 15 two-hand sword items in this group; Petrified Sword (item level 174, requires level 78) has the most, 67.1.
• Attack speeds among the 15 two-hand sword items in this group run from 2.90 seconds (Abandoned Greatsword) to 3.50 seconds (Whetted Ironblade); it swings every 3.50 seconds.
• Forged Cobalt Claymore has the most fixed stat points in this group, 101.
• Cheapest listed two-hand sword items at a similar or higher item level: Warped Greatsword at 10 gold (item level 175, requires level 74), Petrified Sword at 25 gold (item level 174, requires level 78), Forged Cobalt Claymore at 40 gold (item level 150, requires level 72).
• Other weapon types for the two-hand slot within 6 item levels of 150: staff (6): Tusked Greatstaff, Promised Staff, Jester's Stick; polearm (4): Banner Slicer, Grizzly Glaive, Archaic Longspear; two-handed axe (4): Captain Carver's Persuader, Bone Plate Axe, Segmenting Broadaxe; two-handed mace (3): Vaulted Mace, Frosted Steel Mallet, Iron-Molded Fist.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Unearthed Broadsword	130	67	44.4 (3.50s)	none	-
Whetted Ironblade	134	68	46.1 (3.50s)	none	-
Sawtooth Greatsword	138	69	48.0 (3.50s)	none	-
Shark Fin Blade	142	70	49.7 (3.50s)	none	19 gold
Adorned Broadsword	146	71	51.6 (3.50s)	none	150 gold
Tempered-Steel Blade	150	72	53.7 (3.50s)	none	-
Forged Cobalt Claymore	150	72	53.7 (3.50s)	+61 Strength, +40 Haste	40 gold
Dragon's Rib Sword	154	73	55.7 (3.50s)	none	-
Inlaid Greatsword	158	74	57.9 (3.50s)	none	-
Fur-Grip Broadsword	162	75	60.0 (3.50s)	none	-
Trollish Destroyer	166	76	62.3 (3.50s)	none	-
Chilled Warblade	170	77	64.7 (3.50s)	none	175 gold